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Namibian Wildlife Crimes article archive

This archive of published media articles about wildlife crime in Namibia aims to:

  • provide easy public access to published information and statistics
  • enable easy stakeholder access to articles
  • provide a comprehensive archive of wildlife crime reporting in Namibia

Public access to information is a vital component of ensuring community engagement in prevalent issues. Wildlife crime is one of the pressing environmental issues of our time.

Wildlife crime investigations are generally covert operations requiring utmost confidentiality to succeed. Investigations and prosecutions in complex cases may take months or even years to complete. For this reason, the information that can be released to the public without compromising cases is often limited. Nonetheless, the Namibian government strives to share as much information as possible with the public.

The Namibian media has welcomed this approach and regularly publishes statistics and feature articles on wildlife crime. These are entered into the database at regular intervals, creating a comprehensive archive of wildlife crime reporting in Namibia.

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Thursday, 24 April 2025
Carnie T 2025. Bail-jumping Kruger National Park rhino poacher put behind bars for 20 years.

Mozambican national Nelson Sandile Sambo has been jailed for 20 years for rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park. Sambo (43) was arrested by SA National Parks field rangers in December 2020 after he and an accomplice shot and then hacked off the horns of two rhinos in the Stolznek section of the park. Sambo and Gabriel Chauke were granted bail soon after their arrest, but both suspects promptly jumped bail. While Chauke remains at large, Sambo was re-arrested in 2023 and has now been jailed for 20 years after he pleaded guilty to several charges in the Skukuza Regional Court…

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SA_2025_04_Bail_jumping Kruger National Park rhino poacher put behind bars for 20 years_Daily Maverick.pdf 256.38 KB
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Thursday, 10 April 2025
Carnie T 2025. 'Belligerent' magistrate again ordered to back off on Kruger Park wildlife crimes court shutdown.
What lies behind the persistent attempts to shut down or curtail the operations of the Skukuza Regional Court, which has achieved remarkable success in bringing rhino poachers to justice?
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SA_2025_04_Belligerent magistrate again ordered to back off on Kruger Park wildlife crimes court shutdown_Daily Maverick.pdf 1014.25 KB
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Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Green MA 2025. Spying on poachers.

In just the first month after South Africa launched its aerial drone program in the iconic Kruger Park, 55 potential poachers were caught sneaking into the park. When I was just 11 years old, my South African-born father took me to Kruger Park for the first time… and I was hooked. Hooked on wildlife and hooked on Africa. Kruger boasts lions and elephants, Cape buffaloes and zebras, and much more.

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SA_2025_04_Spying on poachers_Wilson Center.pdf 77.49 KB
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/spying-poachers
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